Dezeen promotion: Finnish steel-based manufacturer Ruukki Construction has launched an architectural competition to design The Museum of Snow, a fictional museum in Finland.
Named The Unbelievable Challenge 2021, this third edition of the competition organised by Ruukki Construction calls for recently graduated architects to put their best ideas forward for the conceptual museum that would be located in Rovaniemi, the home of Santa Claus.
The winner will receive a six-month fully paid internship at Warsaw-based architectural practice WXCA.
The winner will receive an internship at Warsaw-based architectural practice WXCA "This is a call for action to fight the extinction of snow," said Tiina Tukia, head of marketing and communications at Ruukki Construction.
"Me and our most beloved Finn and arctic inhabitant Santa Claus, are challenging young architects to design something that can't be forgotten ? The Museum of Snow."
Ruukki Construction is looking for graduates to use "innovative and unconventional thinking" in their design of The Museum of Snow.
The proposals must use Ruukki Construction's steel-based products and provide fresh ways to use the material, including reusing and recycling it.
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